Editing Southern hip-hop (section)

==Georgia==
{{See also|Atlanta hip-hop|Music of Atlanta|Trap music}}
In 2009, the ''[[New York Times]]'' called Atlanta "hip-hop's center of gravity",<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/arts/music/13gucci.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=drumma%20boy&st=cse |author=John Caramanica |title=Gucci Mane, No Holds Barred |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 13, 2009 |access-date=August 9, 2012}}</ref> and the city is home to many famous [[hip-hop]], [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] and [[neo soul]] musicians.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rose |first=Joel |url=http://m.npr.org/story/92090721?storyId=92090721 |title=Atlanta soul scene reborn |publisher=NPR |date=July 4, 2008 |access-date=August 9, 2012}}</ref>

In the 1980s and early 1990s, Atlanta's hip-hop scene was characterized by a local variant of [[Miami bass]], with stars like [[Kilo Ali]] and [[DJ Smurf]] (later [[Mr. Collipark]]).<ref name=nyt/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkCncJ7j744C&pg=PA476 |author=Mickey Hess |title=Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide: Volume 1: East Coast and West Coast |publisher=ABC-CLIO |date=2009 |isbn=9780313343216 |access-date=August 9, 2012}}</ref>

Notable artists from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] include [[Lil Baby]], [[Young Thug]], [[Playboi Carti]], [[Gunna (rapper)|Gunna]], [[Future (rapper)|Future]], and [[Latto]].

By the mid-1990s, the rise of OutKast, [[Goodie Mob]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Justin |url=http://kevinnottingham.com/2010/11/15/cee-lo-says-goodie-mob-album-is-his-focus-now/ |title=Cee-Lo Says Goodie Mob Album Is His Focus Now |publisher=KevinNottingham.com |access-date=2011-05-09 |archive-date=December 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220002307/http://kevinnottingham.com/2010/11/15/cee-lo-says-goodie-mob-album-is-his-focus-now/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the production collective [[Organized Noize]], let to the development of the Dirty South style of hip-hop and of Atlanta gaining a reputation for "soul-minded hip-hop eccentrics", contrasting with other regional styles. On August 3, 1995, Outkast received the award for Best New Artist in New York City at the [[The Source (magazine)|Source Awards]]. At the time, the primary hip-hop heard nationally was from artists on the East and West Coasts, due at least partly to high- profile disputes between rappers from each coast. It was groups such as Outkast who were determined to let the world know that the South had something to say.<ref name=nyt/>

In 2009, it was noted that after 2000/2001, Atlanta moved "from the margins to becoming hip-hop's center of gravity, part of a larger shift in hip-hop innovation to the South", primarily due to the massive popularity of Waka Flocka Flame's 2009 debut mixtape.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} Producer [[Drumma Boy]] called Atlanta "the melting pot of the South". Producer Fatboi called the [[Roland TR-808]] ("808") synthesizer "central" to the music of Atlanta's versatility, used for [[snap music|snap]], [[crunk]], [[Trap music|trap]], and pop rap styles.<ref name=nyt /> The same article named [[Drumma Boy]], Fatboi, [[Shawty Redd]], [[Lex Luger (record producer)|Lex Luger]] and [[Zaytoven]] the five "hottest producers driving the city".<ref name=nyt />